Hold on to your hats - hat throwing champs comes to Leeds

Hold on to your hats - a sporting spectacle with a difference is heading to Leeds this Yorkshire Day.
Leeds Industrial Museum will be brimming with excitement on August 1 when, for the first time ever, the historic site plays host to none other than the Yorkshire Open Hat Throwing Championships.
The exciting day of flat cap flinging will give museum visitors a chance to throw their hat into the ring and take part in a contest which began almost a decade ago on the edge of Ilkley Moor.
The brainchild of Bradford-based poet Glyn Watkins, as its name suggest, the competition involves throwing... read more

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